Dictionaries | References क काश्यपी { kāśyapī } Script: Devanagari Meaning Related Words काश्यपी Puranic Encyclopaedia | English English Rate this meaning Thank you! 👍 KĀŚYAPĪ (Earth). The earth came to be known as Kāśyapī as it had been given as a gift to Kaśyapa by Paraśurāma. “The whole of the earth was given to Kaśyapa and thus it came to be called Kāśyapī”. [Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 89] . काश्यपी प्राचीन चरित्रकोश | Hindi Hindi Rate this meaning Thank you! 👍 काश्यपी n. शिखंडिनी देखिये । काश्यपी A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit English Rate this meaning Thank you! 👍 काश्यपी f. af. a female descendant of कश्यप, [VarBṛS.] the earth (according to a legend of the पुराणs, परशु-राम, after the destruction of the क्षत्रिय race and the performance of an अश्वमेध sacrifice, presented the sovereignty of the earth to कश्यप), [MBh. viii, 3164] ; [Hcar.] काश्यपी b (f. of काश्यपq.v.) काश्यपी संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN | Sanskrit Sanskrit Rate this meaning Thank you! 👍 See : पृथिवी, सूर्यः Comments | अभिप्राय Comments written here will be public after appropriate moderation. Like us on Facebook to send us a private message. TOP